Of, Trabzon

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District
	Of Location of Of within Turkey.
	Coordinates: 40°56′42″N 40°15′52″E / 40.94500°N 40.26444°E
Country	Turkey
Region	Black Sea
Province	Trabzon
Government
• Mayor	Salim Salih Sarıalioğlu (AKP)
Area
• District	177.81 km2 (68.65 sq mi)
Elevation	10 m (30 ft)
Population (Template:Turkey district populations)Template:Turkey district populations
• Urban	Template:Turkey district populations
• District	Template:Turkey district populations
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	61830
Area code	(+90) 462
Licence plate	61
Climate	Cfa
Website	www.of.bel.tr

Of (Turkish: [of], possibly from Ancient Greek: Οφιούς Ophious) is a town and district of Trabzon Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is located in the eastern part of Trabzon and is an important historical district of the province. The mayor is Salim Salih Sarıalioğlu (AKP).

Etymology

There are several stories about the origins of Of's name. Of was called Ofis in 1910 by its native Pontic Greek speaking inhabitants.^[2] According to another view it means "village" or "settlement" in the Laz language (Laz: ოფუტე/oput'e), as the old name of the town is mentioned as "Opiunte" on the Tabula Peutingeriana. By another version of events, the city got its name from a nearby river described by Arrian as Ophis, a Greek word for "snake".^[3] The other assumption suggests that the name of the district stems from "Op" which means "gun" in the old South Siberian Turkic language.

The history of Trabzon started with the Greek colonies in the region.

A minority of Muslim Pontic Greek speakers, using a dialect called "Ophitic", still live in the area.^[4]^[5]^[6]

A large and dramatic map of Asia Minor in antiquity by J. B. Bourguignon d'Anville (1794)

Notable people

Ali Ağaoğlu Businessman, famous in Turkish construction sector (1959)
Erdoğan Bayraktar Politician, The ex Minister of Environment and Urban Planning of Turkey
Yaser Hacımustafaoğlu (1991) footballer
Fatih Öztürk (1983) footballer
Mehmet Yılmaz (1979) footballer

References

^ "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
^ Dawkins, R.M. (1916). Modern Greek in Asia Minor. A study of dialect of Silly, Cappadocia and Pharasa.
^ Arrian (1805). Arrian's voyage round the Euxine Sea translated: and accompanied with a geographical dissertation, and maps. J. Cook. p. 33.
^ "Against all odds: archaic Greek in a modern world | University of Cambridge". Retrieved 2013-03-31.
^ Jason and the argot: land where Greek's ancient language survives, The Independent, Monday, 3 January 2011
^ Özkan, Hakan (2013). "The Pontic Greek spoken by Muslims in the villages of Beşköy in the province of present-day Trabzon". Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies. 37 (1): 130–150. doi:10.1179/0307013112z.00000000023.

External links

District governor's official website Template:Tr icon

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[distr-area-1] "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.

[2] Dawkins, R.M. (1916). Modern Greek in Asia Minor. A study of dialect of Silly, Cappadocia and Pharasa.

[Arrian1805-3] Arrian (1805). Arrian's voyage round the Euxine Sea translated: and accompanied with a geographical dissertation, and maps. J. Cook. p. 33.

[Cambridge-4] "Against all odds: archaic Greek in a modern world | University of Cambridge". Retrieved 2013-03-31.

[independent-5] Jason and the argot: land where Greek's ancient language survives, The Independent, Monday, 3 January 2011

[Özkan-6] Özkan, Hakan (2013). "The Pontic Greek spoken by Muslims in the villages of Beşköy in the province of present-day Trabzon". Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies. 37 (1): 130–150. doi:10.1179/0307013112z.00000000023.

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